Ligonier teaching fellow faces church discipline, Cru’s new president, Stovall Weems lawsuit, and more.
ONE YEAR AGO: On Jan. 6, 2025, MinistryWatch began its reporting about charges against Ligonier Ministries Teaching Fellow and St. Andrew’s Chapel Pastor Burk Parsons. St. Andrew’s voted in December to leave the Presbyterian Church ...
World Vision remains atop the list while three new ministries join the top 10.
A list of the 50 largest Christian ministries curated from the MinistryWatch 1000 database as of October 29, 2025.
School struggled through years of financial woes
The King’s College, the private four-year Christian school based in downtown Manhattan, will permanently close after failing “to secure the support necessary,” the school said on its website.
Almost 200 ministries comprise this list, including some of the largest in the country.
This second list for March from the MinistryWatch 1000 database features the 189 Christian ministries that do not file a Form 990 with the Internal Revenue Service. The groups are listed alphabetically, and some of ...
King’s looking to entrust college to ‘like-minded Christians’ with vision and resources
NEW YORK — The King’s College – the four-year school forced to shut its doors to students in 2023 under a mountain of debt — is seeking to resume operations in an effort to “create ...
New president of Cru, Stovall Weems settles lawsuit, new opportunity for bible translations, Acton Bowen sentenced
On this date at Ministry Watch: New president of Cru, Stovall Weems settles lawsuit, new opportunity for bible translations, Acton Bowen sentenced
Inspiration Network again tops the list
Below is a list of 100 highly paid Christian ministry executives. The information was derived from the latest available Form 990 prepared by the ministry itself.
The Bible teaches us that what we call things matters
EDITOR’S NOTE: The following is an excerpt from Warren Smith’s forthcoming book A Lover’s Quarrel with the Evangelical Church, to be published by MinistryWatch in January. The ancient parable of the Blind Men and the ...
World Vision remains atop the list while three new ministries join top 10.
Below is a list of the 50 largest Christian ministries in the MinistryWatch database based on their revenue, which ranges from $77 million to $1.5 billion. This list does not include colleges and universities nor ...